Paulo Fagandini, PhD
Email: pfagandini@iscal.ipl.pt | paulo.fagandini@novasbe.pt | paulo.ruiz@uevora.pt
Website: pfagandini.github.io
Born: March 26, 1986 – Viña del Mar, Chile | Citizenship: Chilean / Italian
ORCID: 0000-0002-5386-2160 | Ciência ID: 4011-5942-8AAD
SCOPUS ID: 57224823274 | IDEAS: pfa431
Areas of Specialization
Applied Microeconomic Theory | Computational Economics
Appointments
2021–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Full Time)
Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic University of Lisbon
2023–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Part Time)
Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
2025–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Part Time)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Universidade Europeia
2021–present — Research Member
Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics
2018–2020 — Postdoctoral Fellow
Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
Academic Degrees
2018 — Ph.D. in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
2014 — M.Res. in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
2011 — B.Sc. in Economics
School of Economics and Business - UChile
Grants, Honors & Awards
Grants and Scholarships
2015–2018 — Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Doctoral Grant: SFRH/BD/105669/2015
2011–2015 — Nova SBE Scholarship for merit (Partial tuition waiver)
Research
Peer Reviewed Publications
Fagandini P., and Dierickx I. (2023). Computing Profit-Maximizing Bid Shading Factors in First-Price Sealed-Bid Auctions. Computational Economics, 61(3), 1009-1035. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-022-10321-y
Fagandini, P. (2022). Wealth and the principal–agent matching. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(2), 555–568. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3402
Book Chapters
Fagandini, P. (2024). Implementing the Agent ID Model and Simulation Results. In: Gomes, O., Lins de Moraes, M., Fagandini, P. (eds) The Agent ID Model. Integrated Science, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75996-3_10
Working Papers
“Surviving the Perfect Storm: Exports, Fiscal Austerity, and Firm Heterogeneity.” (2020, joint with M. Adelino, M.A. Ferreira, Francisco Queiró)
“Hunting with two bullets; Moral Hazard with a Second Chance.” (2018) Nova SBE WP 629
Conferences and Seminars
2018 — RG, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT; DEA-UIB, Palma ES; PEJ Meeting 2018, Lisbon PT*
2017 — UECE Lisbon Meetings, Lisbon PT*; NOVA Doctoral School, UNL, Lisbon PT; IRW, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT; RG, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT
2016 — QEDJ 2016, Amsterdam NE; ASSET Annual Meeting 2016, Thessaloniki GR*
* Peer Reviewed
Other Communications
Teaching Materials
2020 — “Writing a full LaTeX document from Scratch” (EN)
Online Course available at Udemy.com – 7 hours course
Press Coverage
20-Jan-2020 — “Fornecedores do Estado fizeram o milagre das exportações”
Jornal de Negócios (PT)
7-Jan-2020 — “Surviving the Perfect Storm: Exports, Fiscal Austerity, and Firm Heterogeneity”
The FinReg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center, School of Law, Duke University
Speaker in Conferences, Seminars, and Special Lectures
29-Oct-2021 — “Os desafios das empresas num contexto de incerteza: Perspetivas multivariadas”
Lisbon Accounting and Business School - IPL (PT)
Teaching Experience
Instructor
The language in which the name of the course appears, reveals the teaching languange.
2025-present — Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, UE
- B.Sc.: Economics of Tourism, Economics
2021–present — Lisbon Accounting and Business School, IPL
- B.Sc.: Microeconomia, Statistics I, Statistics II, Principios de Macroeconomia
2018–present — Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
- Ph.D.: Bridging Mathematics
- M.Sc.: Math and Stats
2025 — Prague University of Economics and Business, CZ (Visiting)
- M.Sc./B.Sc.: Economics of Incentives for Policy and Politics (22-hour intensive course)
Teaching Assistant
2013–present — Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
- M.Sc. (Grader): Digital Experimentation & Causal Analysis, Financial Management, Advanced Financial Management, Financial Management for Entrepreneurs, Machine Learning, Advanced Industrial Organization, Organization and Incentives, Economics of Regulation, Game Theory
- B.Sc. (TA): Econometrics, Finance ,Industrial Organization, Advanced Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
2008–2010 — School of Economics and Business, UChile
- B.Sc. (Head TA): Introducción a Macroeconomía, Macroeconomía I
- B.Sc. (TA): Macroeconomía I, Macroeconomía II
Thesis Supervision
2025 Spring — Markus Relbo, MSc. Finance - Nova SBE
Other Education
2023 — Commercial Engineering – Professional Title
Approved with distinction. School of Economics & Business - UChile
2019 — “Stata Econometrics Winter School 2019”
Timberlake, FEP Universidade do Porto
2017 — Summer School: “Liquidity in Financial Markets and Institutions”
Finance Theory Group, Olin Business School, Washington University
Fall 2016 — Visiting Ph.D. Student
European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics, Université libre de Bruxelles
2015 — Workshop: “Pedagogical Training for College Teachers”
NOVA Medical School, UNL
Other Professional Experience
2023 — External Consultant
TimWe.Tech
2014–2015 — Senior Consultant
I.D. Consulting Limited
2011 — Trainee Program
Pro-Chile Milano (IT), Directorate of Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile (6 months)
Skills
Software: Windows, Office (Advanced MS Excel), Linux (Debian based), Git, Mathematica
Programming Languages: Stata, Python, SQL, Java, LaTeX, MATLAB/Octave, R
Languages: Spanish (native), English and Portuguese (fluent), Italian (intermediate)
Academic Service
Referee
Information Economics and Policy, Managerial and Decision Economics, Computational Economics, Portuguese Economic Journal, Theory and Decision, PLOS One.
Editor
2024 — Gomes, O., Lins de Moraes, M., Fagandini, P. (eds) The Agent ID Model. Integrated Science, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75996-3
Conference Chairs
2017 — UECE Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications
Session: Matching II
2016 — ASSET Annual Meeting 2016
Session: Asymmetric Information I
Scientific Committee Member
2023 2nd International Conference CEMEERS-2023b.
Thesis Jury Participation
- 2025/2026 Fall
- President for Vicente Mesquita Silvério Ferra Esteves, Guinanos x Brave Generation Academy: Pilot Project for E-Learning Teacher Training Program in Guinea-Bissau, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- Discussant for Francesca Scalfi, The Determinants of Childbearing Leave Take-up, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Isabella Stolcis, A contribution to the Economics of Workplace Absences in Portugal, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Theodor Dietrich Helmut Knöbig, Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Analysis and Evidence, MSc. Business Analytics - Nova SBE
- 2024/2025 Fall
- President for Laura Gomes Garcia, Unlocking the Potential: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways for Global Gateway Facility in Central America, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- President for Sofia Isabel de Albuquerque Silva Antunes de Morais, Need-Based Financial Aid in Higher Education: The Case of Portugal, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- President for Verena Luisa Epp, Towards developing a competition and regulatory framework for digital markets, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Marco Passalacqua, IRS Jovem: Bridging Generations - Analyzing the Intergenerational Impact of an Innovative Fiscal Policy in Portugal , MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Elisabetta D’alessandro, IRS Jovem: Fostering Youth Empowerment Through Innovative Fiscal Strategies, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- Discussant for João Miguel Iláco Pacheco, IRS Jovem as a Tool for Socioeconomic Stability: Opportunities and Limitations in Tax Policy for Young Adults, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- 2023/2024 Fall
- President for Sofia Isabel Antunes de Morais, Need-based Financial Aid in Higher Education: The Case of Portugal, MSc. International Development and Public Policy, Nova SBE
- Discussant for Daniel Luzio Castelo, Dynamic Peer Effects in the Workplace, MSc. in Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Dario Raccagni, The Cambridge Analytica Case: The Impact of Big Data on Political Advertising and The Implications on Political Communication Strategies and Regulations, MSc. Business Analytics - Nova SBE